English Language Teaching Materials and Testing Methods Nexus at
the Primary Level Education in Bangladesh

Date Published: 19-Oct-2015

Abstract

This article aims at evaluating the effectiveness of the primary English Language Teaching materials designed by NCTB and the testing systems approved by NAPE, and the corollary of their consistency in the success of ELT at the primary level education in Bangladesh. The current study, being a mixed method research, elicited data from a set of questionnaire and semi-structured interviews with English teachers of both urban and rural schools in Bangladesh. The study explores that the materials, though comprise four language skills, the evaluation system focuses only on the reading and writing skills. Consequently, the practice and assessment of listening and speaking skills are neglected in schools. This mismatch between the materials and the assessment system along with inapt teaching methods, untrained teachers, and scarcity of classroom resources greatly hinders the development of learners' communicative competence. So, the paper recommends a harmonizing alliance between the teaching materials and the testing methods to attain the goal of the curriculum.